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In the year 1876
120 Notable deaths
George Armstrong Custer
United states cavalry commander (1839–1876).
Born December 5th, 1839 in New Rumley.
Died June 25th, 1876 at 36 years old in Big Horn County (Battle of the Little Bighorn).
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876).
Born May 27th, 1837 in Troy Grove.
Died August 2nd, 1876 at 39 years old in Deadwood (gunshot wound).
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876).
Born July 1st, 1804 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1876 at 71 years old in Nohant-Vic (bowel obstruction). [ref]
Mikhail Bakunin
Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876).
Born May 30th, 1814 in Priamukhino.
Died July 1st, 1876 at 62 years old in Bern.
Braxton Bragg
Confederate army general (1817–1876).
Born March 22nd, 1817 in Warrenton.
Died September 27th, 1876 at 59 years old in Galveston.
Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist (1802–1876).
Born June 12th, 1802 in Norwich.
Died June 27th, 1876 at 74 years old in Ambleside.
Abdülaziz
32th sultan of the ottoman empire (1861–1876).
Born February 8th, 1830 in Beylerbeyi Palace. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1876 at 46 years old in Feriye Palace.
Juan Pablo Duarte
Presidente y libertador of the dominican republic (1813-1876).
Born January 26th, 1813 in Santo Domingo.
Died July 15th, 1876 at 63 years old in Caracas.
Catherine Labouré
French daughter of charity and saint.
Born May 2nd, 1806 in Fain-lès-Moutiers. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1876 at 70 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
President of liberia (1809–1876).
Born March 15th, 1809.
Died February 24th, 1876 at 66 years old in Monrovia.
Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Queen of sweden and norway from 1844 to 1859.
Born March 14th, 1807 in Milan.
Died June 7th, 1876 at 69 years old in Stockholm Palace.
Philipp Mainländer
German poet and philosopher (1841–1876).
Born October 5th, 1841 in Offenbach am Main.
Died April 1st, 1876 at 34 years old in Offenbach am Main (hanging to death).
Gordon Granger
Union army general (1821–1876).
Born November 6th, 1821 in Wayne County.
Died January 10th, 1876 at 54 years old in Santa Fe.
Thomas Custer
1845-1876 united states army medal of honor recipient.
Born March 15th, 1845 in Ohio.
Died June 25th, 1876 at 31 years old in Montana.
Eliza McCardle Johnson
First lady of the united states from 1865 to 1869.
Born October 4th, 1810 in Telford. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1876 at 65 years old in Greene County (tuberculosis).
Philip Bliss
19th century christian hymnodist (1838–1876).
Born July 9th, 1838 in Clearfield County. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1876 at 38 years old in Ashtabula (railway accident).
Ildefons Cerdà
Urban planner (1815-1876), noted for the extension plan of barcelona.
Born December 23rd, 1815 in Centelles.
Died August 23rd, 1876 at 60 years old in Las Caldas de Besaya.
Marie d'Agoult
Franco-german romantic author and historian (1805-1876).
Born December 31st, 1805 in Frankfurt.
Died March 5th, 1876 at 70 years old in Paris.
Hristo Botev
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1847–1876).
Born January 6th, 1848 in Kalofer.
Died June 1st, 1876 at 28 years old in Vrachanska Mountains.
George Smith
English assyriologist (1840–1876).
Born March 26th, 1840 in Chelsea.
Died August 19th, 1876 at 36 years old in Aleppo (dysentery).
Samuel Gridley Howe
American physician and abolitionist (1801–1876).
Born November 10th, 1801 in Boston.
Died January 9th, 1876 at 74 years old in Boston.
Henry A. Wise
United states congressman and governor of virginia (1806-1876).
Born December 3rd, 1806 in Accomac.
Died September 12th, 1876 at 69 years old in Richmond.
Charlotte Cushman
American actress (1816–1876).
Born July 23rd, 1816 in Boston. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1876 at 59 years old in Boston (pneumonia).
Andrés Pico
American politician (1810-1876).
Born November 18th, 1810 in San Diego.
Died February 14th, 1876 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
John Frederick Lewis
English orientalist painter (1805–1876).
Born July 14th, 1805 in London.
Died August 15th, 1876 at 71 years old in Walton-on-Thames.
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